Happy Juneteenth Peeps!
We aren’t going back Smelvis et al
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Forward together. We can and will do better.
What are you having for dinner? 
We hold fast and never go back!
We're having a heatwave in Pittsburgh this week. I'm not sure I could manage a glass of champagne right now.
The crew aboard the International Space Station captured this image of Galveston, Texas, the birthplace of Juneteenth, as the station orbited 224 miles above on Nov. 23, 2011.
In the early 1800s, slavers periodically used Galveston Island as an outpost for operations. By 1860, about one-third of Galveston’s population lived under the oppression of chattel slavery. Even after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, in the midst of America’s Civil War, change came slowly to Galveston. Most enslaved people were unaware of Lincoln’s executive order, and the practice of buying and selling Black people based on race continued in Galveston and other parts of Texas until well into 1865.
When Union troops arrived in April 1865, circumstances changed. U.S. Major General Gordon Granger then issued General Order No. 3 on June 19, 1865, and Union troops marched through Galveston and read the order aloud at several locations, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were free. As news of the order spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out in African American churches, homes, and other gathering places. As years passed, the picnics, barbecues, parades, and other celebrations that sprang up to commemorate June 19th became more formalized as freed men and women purchased land, or “emancipation grounds,” to hold annual Juneteenth celebrations.
Image Credit: NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/celebrating-juneteenth/
My schedule was from 8:30 am to 12:30pm.
I showed up at 8:30am for a client who had a 9:15am doctors appointment that needed a ride to the appointment. I stood outside for 18 minutes ringing the door bell and knocking on the door with no one answering the door. I called my boss and let them know that there wasn't any answer.
My boss called me back, told me to take a photo of the front door and not to clock out until 12:30 because the account was being charged for wasting my time and fuel. I took a photo of the front door with some of my profile in the photo since I don't know how to date my photos. I sent the photo to my boss through text.
Happy Juneteenth, Malaise!
